Korea's KAIST's ”Robot Sketch” debuts in Tokyo and wins the top jury award

"A designer wearing a VR headset used a tablet and a pen to draw a four-legged spider-like robot with a complex joint structure in just a few minutes in an empty virtual space.
When Zainer operated the controller, the moving spider robot stood up, corrected its posture as a bipedal humanoid robot, and began to walk using both legs. (2024
SIGGRAPH Asia Real-time Live KAIST Robot Sketch Demo Scene) On the 9th, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held the "S
During the live broadcast of "IGGRAPH Asia 2024," Professor Bae Seok-hyun's Department of Industrial Design research team and Professor Hwang Bo-jae-min's Department of Mechanical Engineering research team jointly developed
The SIGGRAPH Real-time Live event was held in Tokyo on Wednesday, and the winner was the 'RobostSketch' technology, which was developed by the team.
It is known as the "stage of dreams" in the fields of entertainment and interactive technology. Every year, only about 10 innovative technologies are selected from around the world and allowed to take to the stage.
All demonstrations are done in real time, without pre-recording, and participants must demonstrate the originality and potential of their technology within the six-minute time limit.
This project demonstrated the potential of a new robot design process, garnering a great deal of attention and winning the Jury Prize, which is awarded to only one technology.
RobotSketch goes beyond simply being a design tool that visually represents the appearance and structure of a robot. It incorporates generative AI and 3D sketching.
This innovative technology combines immersive VR to redefine the concept of robot design. Designers can intuitively create complex articulated structures using a tablet and pen in a VR environment,
The robots that designers draw learn to walk and move in a simulation that follows the laws of physics in the real world through reinforcement learning.
Designers can create robot designs in a VR space that can operate in the real world, and then control the robots directly to assess the naturalness and stability of their movements in real time.
The robot sketch was completed through the collaboration of Professor Bae's research team, who is an expert in 3D sketching, and Professor Hwang's research team. Professor Bae said, "In the past, robots
"We wanted to overcome the limitations of robot design and create a tool that would enable robot designers to express anything they imagine in real time."
Furthermore, "Robot design is not just about the appearance, but also about the robot's movements, functions, and
This is a process that includes interaction with users. It promotes smooth communication between robot designers and robot engineers and greatly reduces the time and cost required for real-world prototyping.
"Robot sketches that can be easily scaled to fit any size will be an important tool in the future robot development and commercialization process."